China

China aims to begin constructing oil and gas pipelines through Myanmar in 2009, as it seeks to establish a new route for imports from the Middle East and the local market. The planned... 2008-11-19

State-run National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) has signed a development plan for Iran's North Pars gas field with China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNC), according to an NIOC... 2008-11-14

China and Iraq have signed a final agreement for a US$2.9bn oil service contract for the development of the Ahdab oil field, according to a China National Petroleum Corporation... 2008-11-14

State-owned China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) has commenced natural gas transportation through a 1,515km long gas pipeline, linking the Xinjiang field in the Junggar Basin... 2008-11-14

Following a 30-month exploration and evaluation period, state-owned PetroChina and France's Total are apparently close to giving the go-ahead for the development of China's... 2008-11-11

Asia's biggest oil refiner China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) and Australian group AED Oil have flow tested the Puffin-11 exploration well at the Puffin oil field... 2008-11-07

China and Kazakhstan agreed to speed up work on finalising a deal for the Darkhan oil field during Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's visit to Kazakhstan on October 31.

Russia and China have come to an agreement to export Russian oil via an offshoot of the Eastern Siberia-Pacific Ocean (ESPO) pipeline to China in return for Beijing handing out large... 2008-10-29

China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) and Uzbekistan's state-owned UzbekNefteGaz have agreed to jointly develop the Mingbulak oil field.

UK-based international advisory firm Gaffney Cline & Associates (GCA) has presented the first reserves estimates of the Osman-South Yoloton gas field in Turkmenistan.